Re: Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

[Andrei Popescu]

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:00PM +0800, Augustin wrote:
 
> The other question, re. submitting bugs about the docs remain, if someone 
> knows the proper way to go about it:
> 
> 
> 1) the documentation is clearly not precise enough.
> Do I report this as a bug in the same way as I would any other bug from 
> any .deb package?
> http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting

Probably. But you need to find out the name of the (pseudo-)package to 
report against. You might want to submit your proposed changes to the 
debian-doc list for discussion.

Regards,
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Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

[Augustin]

On Monday 28 May 2007 13:30, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now).
> >
> > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds).
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en
>
> You are reading the wrong section. You should be reading section
> D.3 "Installing Debian GNU/Linux from a Unix/Linux System"
> (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apds03.html.en)


Thank you Felipe. 
That's very helpful!



The other question, re. submitting bugs about the docs remain, if someone 
knows the proper way to go about it:


1) the documentation is clearly not precise enough.
Do I report this as a bug in the same way as I would any other bug from 
any .deb package?
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting


Blessings,


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Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

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Another update:

problem seems to be solved by using the following patch (from
http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2007-February/007902.html
):

-- /etc/nsswitch.conf  2007-01-11 22:01:14.0 +0100
+++ /scratchbox/etc/nsswitch.conf   2007-01-25 12:20:06.0
+0100
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 group:  compat
 shadow: compat

-hosts:  files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
+hosts:  files dns
 networks:   files

 protocols:  db files


===

Still, if somebody could take a deeper look as to why this was
happening in the first place...


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Re: choosing a sound device.

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:15:03PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
> How is a sound device selected in Iceweasel 
> and in Xine?

AFAIK iceweasel can be configured to use either esd or alsa. alsa 
probably means it will use the primary device and esd should be 
configurable.

I think in xine you can go to Configuration -> Audio and select the 
device. But you might need to activate the more advanced options.

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Re: mutt question

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 09:57:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
 
> > set realname="Roberto C. Sanchez"
> > set from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> 
> it is my experience that exim doesn't like that and will rewrite the
> from address unless you set 
> 
> 
> local_sender_retain = true
> trusted_users = andrew
> 
> on the local machine. I of course could be missing something obvious,
> but its what I had to do to keep from sending out mail from
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Sometimes you also need envelope_from_address and use_envelope_from. It 
also depends on the MTA you are using and its configuration.

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Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:02:47PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> "cannot find server"). The only non-native app so far to succeed is
> ping.

Ping by ip or hostname? Do you have network-manager installed?

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Re: finding files from archives: where?

[Felipe Sateler]

Augustin wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now).
> 
> I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds).
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en

You are reading the wrong section. You should be reading section
D.3 "Installing Debian GNU/Linux from a Unix/Linux System"
(http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apds03.html.en)


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choosing a sound device.

[peasthope]

A machine can have more than one sound device.
A PCI sound card and a USB headset for example.

Skype allows devices to be chosen in Tools >
Options > Sound Devices.  Nothing similar 
is evident in iceweasel > Edit > Preferences 
nor in xine > Audio.

How is a sound device selected in Iceweasel 
and in Xine?

Thanks,Peter E.



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Log in on machine with nn_NO.iso88591

[Salve Håkedal]

I run Etch and want to log in to an older box also running Etch, but
with locale nn_NO.iso88591.

To do that with xterm, I do:
LANG=nn_NO xterm -e ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

But in console I have no success doing for example:
LANG=nn_NO bash
unicode_stop
ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to do that when not running X?


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finding files from archives: where?

[Augustin]

Hello,

I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now).

I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds).

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en
Above, they write:

""
Copy the following files from the Debian archives to a convenient location on 
your hard drive, for instance to /boot/newinstall/. 
- vmlinuz (kernel binary) 
- initrd.gz (ramdisk image) 
""

The problem is that I can't figure out where to get those files from.
I tried both search boxes, to no avail:
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en-gb.html#search_packages

(trying to install stable/i386).


1) the documentation is clearly not precise enough.
Do I report this as a bug in the same way as I would any other bug from 
any .deb package?
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting


2) where can I get the said files from?


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Thanks (Re: List of packages and version

[Augustin]

On Sunday 27 May 2007 21:30, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what
> > version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not,
> > where do I go?
>
> The main Debian web page has a Packages link on the left hand side.
>
> 3 clicks from the main page is a complete list of all {Stable,Test,
> Unstable} packages.

Thank you Ron,

I went through the main page several times, but somehow, I am ashamed to say, 
I missed that bold link.

Thanks also to Kevin, Kamaraju, and Roberto who each provided additional ways 
to know what package was available.
It was all useful.



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Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

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Small update:

completely disabling ipv6 (in /etc/modules.conf AND /etc/environment)
allows iceweasel to work. Still no progress on apt and evolution,
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Re: mutt question

[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:40:29PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:16:49PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > What user modifiable variable holds a user's email address in mutt?  That 
> > is the address once a message gets sent a reader will find on the from: 
> > line?  The x-sender field may need control too in my situation.  The home 
> > network has got a hostname and domain on it that not only don't exist 
> > anywhere on the internet, the domain isn't even in any of the 
> > recognizeable domain tables.  In order to go out onto the internet 
> > everything in what mutt would consider my email address for local purposes 
> > has to be changed to different values since my account name also doesn't 
> > match any of my internet account account names.
> > 
> This is what I do:
> 
> set realname="Roberto C. Sanchez"
> set from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

it is my experience that exim doesn't like that and will rewrite the
from address unless you set 


local_sender_retain = true
trusted_users = andrew

on the local machine. I of course could be missing something obvious,
but its what I had to do to keep from sending out mail from
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

A


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Re: Sound in Acer TravelMate 2301LM

[Jonathan Kaye]

Oscar Blanco wrote:

> Hi there!
> I have just installed Debian Lenny in an Acer TravelMate 2301LM, using KDE
> 3.5.5. Everything looks fine, except for sound system, it does work but I
> can't configure the volume, neither by software nor by pushing down
> dedicated buttons (for this Laptop, Ctrl+"UP or DOWN arrow"). I have tried
> to configure it running "alsaconf" as su but there's no difference.
> 
> It was working in Ubuntu 5.10 using Gnome, so what's the difference? What
> should I do?
> 
> Kind regards.
> Ciao.
> 
Hi Oscar,
Have you tried running a mixer? You can use alsamixer from the command line
to adjust volume control (and loads of other things).
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Re: Get Rid of Messed Print Jobs

[André Berger]

* Nyizsnyik Ferenc (2007-05-27):
> On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:12:52 +0100
> Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > David Baron wrote:
> > > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in
> > > a print job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one
> > > will now get raw data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the
> > > printer and removes the job from the queue. Problem is that as soon
> > > as the printer is turned on, the garbage continues. Short of
> > > rebooting, there seems no way to stop the beast. Restarting cupsd
> > > does not help.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas on how to get it cleaned out without a hard reboot?
> > 
> > Method 1
> > In your browser visit
> > http://localhost:631/
> > (localhost:631 works for me).
> > Click on the "Jobs" tab,  identify the job on the list of print jobs
> > (probably the last one) and click on the "Cancel" button.
> > 
> > Method 2
> > In Gnome, open the printer icon in the top panel.
> > 
> > (Alternatively, from the desktop menu:
> > Desktop -> Administration -> Printing -> Your-printer-icon
> > (double-click).)
> > 
> > Identify the job on the list of print jobs, right-click on the job
> > for the context menu and click on "Cancel".
> 
> Yes, if the job was sent via CUPS. If it was sent using lpr, then lpq
> and lprm are the right tools.

Don't forget "cancel" resp. "cancel -a" on CUPS. 

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Re: mutt question

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:16:49PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> What user modifiable variable holds a user's email address in mutt?  That 
> is the address once a message gets sent a reader will find on the from: 
> line?  The x-sender field may need control too in my situation.  The home 
> network has got a hostname and domain on it that not only don't exist 
> anywhere on the internet, the domain isn't even in any of the 
> recognizeable domain tables.  In order to go out onto the internet 
> everything in what mutt would consider my email address for local purposes 
> has to be changed to different values since my account name also doesn't 
> match any of my internet account account names.
> 
This is what I do:

set realname="Roberto C. Sanchez"
set from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

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-Roberto

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Re: wireless adapter recommendation

[Wayne Topa]

Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:

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> Thanks to all for your replies.  
> 
> I am trying to set up a Netgear MA111 (v1) usb wireless adapter on a
> desktop system, later to set up on a laptop if it works on the desktop
> system. 

Sorry but I have to ask as you did not mention what you have done to
get ready to install the software.

Did you do 

aptitude install linux-wlan-ng linux-wlan-ng-source linux-wlan-ng-firmware
and most important linux-wlan-ng-doc

then did you read the file
/usr/share/doc/linux-wlan-ng/firmware/NEWS.Debian.gz
or do 
man  linux-wlan-ng-build-firmware-deb

if you did the above then, while connected to the net, did you execute
the file mentioned there that downloads the necessary firmware files from
the the linux-wlan.org site?

Did you read the docs in /usr/share/linux-wlan-ng?

Then if the answer to all of the above, did you look at the config
files in /etc/wlan and edit, if necessary, the wlan.conf file?

> 
> lsusb says:
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:4110 NetGear, Inc. MA111 WiFi (v1)
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID :
> 
> http://linux-wless.passys.nl says that linux-wlan-ng should work with
> this adapter.

 also says that the MA111 works with
linux-wlan-ng.

NOTE:  Prior to running module-assistant, you must have a kernel
source file and a kernel headers file installed.

ie in my case

VT1 root-3-TESTING:# dpkg -l linux-source* linux-header* |grep ^i
ii  linux-headers-2.6.18-4 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 Common header files 
for Linux 2.6.18
ii  linux-headers-2.6.18-4-k7  2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 Header files for 
Linux 2.6.18 on AMD K7
ii  linux-source-2.6.182.6.18.dfsg.1-12 Linux kernel source 
for version 2.6.18 with


> I did:
> - install module-assistant
> - run module-assistant prepare
> - run module-assistant auto-install linux-wlan-ng
> - reboot
When you run m-a it compiles the software and creates .deb files.
Make sure that they are then installed, either by m-a or by you.
The linux-wlan-*.deb files will be in the /usr/src directory.

After running m-a and installing all of the packages I get

ii  linux-wlan-ng  0.2.7+dfsg-2   utilities for wireless 
prism2 cards
ii  linux-wlan-ng-firmware 0.2.7+dfsg-2   firmware files used by 
the linux-wlan-ng dri
ii  linux-wlan-ng-firmware-files   0.2.7+dfsg-2   firmware files used by 
the linux-wlan-ng dri
ii  linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.6.18t400.2.7+dfsg-2   drivers for wireless 
prism2 cards
ii  linux-wlan-ng-source   0.2.7+dfsg-2   linux-wlan-ng driver

As this is linux.  There is no need to reboot.

Oh, have you installed the dhcp3-client package?  You need that for
DHCP.

<>
removed dmesg listing
> 
> (NOTE: eth0 is a wired pci card connection, works fine, uses tulip
> driver).  
> 
> Notice from dmesg these lines: 
> prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.5 Loaded
> prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
> usbcore: registered new driver prism2_usb

I do not see the wlan entry in the ifconfig output.  There should be 
scripts in /etc/network/if.up.d and post-down.d that start/stop the
device as soon as it is plugged in or ifup/ifdown wlan are executed.
They depend on a file you have to create in /etc/wlan.  

Here is what I see when the USB adapter is up

#iwconfig
lono wireless extensions.

sit0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b  ESSID:"Mtntop_AP"  Nickname:"Mtntop_AP"
  Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:0F:B5:11:37:1F
  Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:18 dBm
  Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
  Encryption key:off
  Link Quality=25/92  Signal level=-65 dBm  Noise level=-90 dBm
  Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
  Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
# ifconfig
loLink encap:Local Loopback
  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
  inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
  RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
  RX bytes:280 (280.0 b)  TX bytes:280 (280.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0A:E9:09:02:27
  inet addr:192.168.1.9  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
  inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e9ff:fe09:227/64 Scope:Link
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
  RX bytes:13163 (12.8 KiB)  TX bytes:11254 (10.9 KiB)

and my /etc/network/interfaces file is

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see int

weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Hey there!

Since a few days, I have the WEIRDEST network problem: only /native/
KDE apps seem to be able to resolve hostnames (i.e., konqueror,
kopete, etc.). Non-native apps such as iceweasel, evolution, even apt
completely fail to resolve hostnames. (iceweasel does not even try
seriously - typing a web address results in /immediate/ complaint
"cannot find server"). The only non-native app so far to succeed is
ping.

Anyone got any ideas?!


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mutt question

[Jude DaShiell]

What user modifiable variable holds a user's email address in mutt?  That 
is the address once a message gets sent a reader will find on the from: 
line?  The x-sender field may need control too in my situation.  The home 
network has got a hostname and domain on it that not only don't exist 
anywhere on the internet, the domain isn't even in any of the 
recognizeable domain tables.  In order to go out onto the internet 
everything in what mutt would consider my email address for local purposes 
has to be changed to different values since my account name also doesn't 
match any of my internet account account names.




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Re: Upgrade sarge

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:46:22PM -0400, John Fleming wrote:
> Inexperienced question - I'm running Sarge, with newer ClamAV from
> volatile and newer SpamAssassin from backports.  When I'm ready to
> upgrade to Etch, I assume I don't need the backports and volatile
> entries in sources.list?  Will ClamAV and SA get upgraded as part of
> the upgrade to Etch, or is this more complicated now because the
> versions I am using are from volatile and backports?
> 
The answer is (of course) "it depends."

As a matter of policy, Debian does not officially support upgrades with
third party packages.  There would be far too many combinations of
packages.  In general, however, upgrading with backported packages works
out just fine.

If the versions in Etch are newer than your volatile and backports
versions, then everything will happen automatically.  If you have done
anything non-standard (like pinning), then things can get more
complicated.

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Upgrade sarge

[John Fleming]

Inexperienced question - I'm running Sarge, with newer ClamAV from
volatile and newer SpamAssassin from backports.  When I'm ready to
upgrade to Etch, I assume I don't need the backports and volatile
entries in sources.list?  Will ClamAV and SA get upgraded as part of
the upgrade to Etch, or is this more complicated now because the
versions I am using are from volatile and backports?

Any specific comments and advice greatly appreciated!

- John



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Re: xterm fonts

[Deboo ^]

On 5/26/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Am 2007-05-23 05:19:31, schrieb Deboo ^:
> On 5/22/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Please note, that the FILE ~/.Xresources is deprecated in favour of
> >the directory. ~/.Xresources/.
>
> You can load ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources with xrdb -load
> .~/.Xdefaults or xrdb -load ~/.Xresources but how do you load the
> ~/.Xresources/ directory? I made the directory but nothing changed
> since it did not load.

strace -f -i -tt -v -s 128 xterm

:-)

It is always read but you must set it up right.


How do you set it up right? And what is the advantage of
.~/Xresources/ over ~/.Xresources file other than having separate host
files?

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Re: New and working Debian + WPA Howto online

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On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 06:46:19PM -0700, Christoph Pilka wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> if anyone of you is looking for a working howto concerning Debian
> (Etch) + WPA encrypted WLAN configuration, take a look at
> http://blog.slashconcept.com/2007/05/25/wlan-mit-atheros-chipsatz-wpa-unter-debian-etch
> I am writing some clear and simple howto's covering day-to-day topics
> around Debian administration.
> If you have any proposals for topics you're interested in, feel free
> to mail them ;-) At the moment the articles are written in German, but
> if the blog arouses public interest, it should be manageable for me to
> compose all the howtos, comparisons between x and y, articles and so
> on bilingual.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris
Have you seen debian-administration.org? Steve Kemp (a Debian
Developer), iirc, has articles posted about Debian by folks like
yourself. Or see if you can join the debian-community.org effort, as
soon as it has a place for user-generated articles. And of course, the
debian wiki (wiki.debian.org).
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New and working Debian + WPA Howto online

[Christoph Pilka]

Hi folks,

if anyone of you is looking for a working howto concerning Debian
(Etch) + WPA encrypted WLAN configuration, take a look at
http://blog.slashconcept.com/2007/05/25/wlan-mit-atheros-chipsatz-wpa-unter-debian-etch
I am writing some clear and simple howto's covering day-to-day topics
around Debian administration.
If you have any proposals for topics you're interested in, feel free
to mail them ;-) At the moment the articles are written in German, but
if the blog arouses public interest, it should be manageable for me to
compose all the howtos, comparisons between x and y, articles and so
on bilingual.

Regards,
Chris


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Re: libpam-umask and .pam_umask

[David Jardine]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 03:30:33PM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> I'm trying to get a single user to default to a umask of 002, regardless
> of login method (e.g. gdm or ssh) so that I don't have to update the
> umask in a host of different places. So, I installed:
> 
> libpam-umask/testing uptodate 0.04
> 
> and placed a .pam_umask in the user's directory. It's not clear from the
> readme what the contents ought to be, though. I've tried both:
> 
> 002
> 
> and:
> 
> sessionoptional pam_umask.so umask=002
> 
> and in neither case does the umask get properly set. It remains 0022,
> which is the login default.
> 
> What am I doing wrong here?

Couldn't you just edit /etc/profile:

   if [ "`id -ur`" -eq 1234 ]; then
  umask 002
   else
  umask 022
   fi

where 1234 is the user id?  Or is it something more subtle that 
you're trying to do?

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loving every minute of it."  -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)


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Re: 'apt-get update' GPG error

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:13:50AM +1200, alan bonard wrote:
> Hi, when using 'apt-get update' I keep getting
> 
> >Reading package lists... Done
> >W: GPG error: http://www.mclean.net.nz stable Release: The following
> >signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
> >available: NO_PUBKEY 1AF1A20A4CC00851
> >W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch Release: The
> >following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
> >not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
> >W: GPG error: http://deb.grml.org grml-stable Release: The following
> >signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
> >available: NO_PUBKEY F61E2E7CECDEA787
> 
> ...  which affects grml maintained
> 
> >Building dependency tree... Done
> >The following packages have been kept back:
> > libvolume-id0 udev
> 
> ... on which two xorg modules in ltsp5 depend.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a fix ?
> 
Please just search for it.  This *exact* issue comes up repeatedly and
the solution is veru well documented.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Nigel Henry]

On Monday 28 May 2007 00:24, Hugh Lawson wrote:
> Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I mean we're not talking about big bucks here. It's just annoying when
> > something stops working for no apparent reason.
>
> I may have missed an earlier post, but here goes anyway.
>
> I had the same problem a few days ago. I opened up the computer and
> pressed against the IDE connectors where they plug into the drive, and
> into the motherboard.
>
> Although I felt no give at all, the drive started reading CDs again.
>
> It was an iffy thing and I was ready to buy a new drive, because this
> is a CD that has a collection of solitaire games that get played every
> day.
>
> --
> Hugh Lawson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hi Hugh. Yeh I've gone that way already, unplugging, and replugging both ends 
of the ribbon cable, and changed the cable for another one, but still no joy.

Although the drive is being detected, I think in reality it has bitten the 
dust, kicked the bucket, gone out to lunch (permanently).

I really hate throwing stuff away, but I suppose you just have to go with the 
flow sometimes, and throw it into the trash.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Nigel.


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'apt-get update' GPG error

[alan bonard]

Hi, when using 'apt-get update' I keep getting


Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://www.mclean.net.nz stable Release: The following
signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
available: NO_PUBKEY 1AF1A20A4CC00851
W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch Release: The
following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
W: GPG error: http://deb.grml.org grml-stable Release: The following
signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
available: NO_PUBKEY F61E2E7CECDEA787


...  which affects grml maintained


Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
 libvolume-id0 udev


... on which two xorg modules in ltsp5 depend.

Can anyone suggest a fix ?

Adam Bogacki,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libpam-umask and .pam_umask

[Todd A. Jacobs]

For the record, I also tried this:

# /etc/passwd: umask set in GECOS
foo:x:1020:1020:umask=002:/home/foo:/bin/bash

# /etc/pam.d/common-session
session requiredpam_unix.so
session optionalpam_umask.so

with exactly the same results, e.g. nothing useful.

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libpam-umask and .pam_umask

[Todd A. Jacobs]

I'm trying to get a single user to default to a umask of 002, regardless
of login method (e.g. gdm or ssh) so that I don't have to update the
umask in a host of different places. So, I installed:

libpam-umask/testing uptodate 0.04

and placed a .pam_umask in the user's directory. It's not clear from the
readme what the contents ought to be, though. I've tried both:

002

and:

sessionoptional pam_umask.so umask=002

and in neither case does the umask get properly set. It remains 0022,
which is the login default.

What am I doing wrong here?

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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Hugh Lawson]

Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


> I mean we're not talking about big bucks here. It's just annoying when 
> something stops working for no apparent reason.

I may have missed an earlier post, but here goes anyway.

I had the same problem a few days ago. I opened up the computer and
pressed against the IDE connectors where they plug into the drive, and
into the motherboard.

Although I felt no give at all, the drive started reading CDs again.

It was an iffy thing and I was ready to buy a new drive, because this
is a CD that has a collection of solitaire games that get played every
day.

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Re: disk temp monitoring

[pol]

Linas Žvirblis wrote:

> * Post output of "uname -a" (kernel info).
> * Post output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model" (CPU model).
> * Post output of "cat /proc/acpi/processor/*/*" (CPU info).
> * Post output of "acpi -t" (current temperatures).
> * Post output of "cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/state" (fan states).
> * Post output of "cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/*" (cooler info).
>

Here enclosed the output.

Further informations follow,
After  ms-windows xp has been running for hours, the lapto  is mildly warm
on the lower side, so the overheating issue seems to rise only when linux
is running.
I have updated the bios and now things are getting better with linux. Until
my laptop is plugged in, it is almost cold when touching the lower side,
even colder that when ms-windows is running.
When it is on battery it gets warmer, but never reaches critical
temperature. I have monitored the four T points, noting that when the
laptop is unplugged, T1 grows a little, while T4 decreases (here enclosed a
graph, in xfig format).
I am wondering what parts of the machine are monitored by these T points 
and whether these data can be correlated with others, to spot the hardware
involved in overheating. 

thank you   

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--- enc.
uname -a

inux ambhi 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux


cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model

model   : 13
model name  : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz


acpi -t   
 Battery 1: charged, 100%
 Thermal 1: ok, 46.0 degrees C
 Thermal 2: ok, 44.0 degrees C
 Thermal 3: ok, 31.0 degrees C
 Thermal 4: ok, 50.0 degrees C

cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/state 


status:  off
status:  off
status:  off
status:  off

cat /proc/acpi/processor/*/*

processor id:0
acpi id: 1
bus mastering control:   yes
power management:yes
throttling control:  yes
limit interface: yes
active limit:P0:T0
user limit:  P0:T0
thermal limit:   P0:T0
active state:C3
max_cstate:  C8
bus master activity: 
maximum allowed latency: 8000 usec
states:
C1:  type[C1] promotion[C2] demotion[--] latency[001]
usage[0010] duration[]
C2:  type[C2] promotion[C3] demotion[C1] latency[002]
usage[00056780] duration[000258974827]
   *C3:  type[C3] promotion[--] demotion[C2] latency[038]
usage[00956728] duration[006567369617]
state count: 8
active state:T0
states:
   *T0:  00%
T1:  12%
T2:  25%
T3:  37%
T4:  50%
T5:  62%
T6:  75%
T7:  87%

cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/*


cooling mode:   active

state:   ok
temperature: 43 C
critical (S5):   100 C
passive: 98 C: tc1=1 tc2=2 tsp=100 devices=0xdf935338 
active[0]:   80 C: devices=0xdf802900 
active[1]:   72 C: devices=0xdf80289c 
active[2]:   66 C: devices=0xdf80284c 
active[3]:   60 C: devices=0xdf8027fc 

cooling mode:   critical

state:   ok
temperature: 40 C
critical (S5):   101 C

cooling mode:   passive

state:   ok
temperature: 28 C
critical (S5):   100 C
passive: 60 C: tc1=1 tc2=2 tsp=300 devices=0xdf935338 

cooling mode:   passive

state:   ok
temperature: 50 C
critical (S5):   110 C
passive: 110 C: tc1=1 tc2=2 tsp=300 devices=0xdf935338 

--

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#FIG 3.2
Landscape
Center
Inches
Letter
100.00
Single
-2
1200 2
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1637 4550 1712 4550
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 6987 4550 6912 4550
4 2 -1 0 -1 0 10.000  0.000 4 125.000 225.000 1562 4612 -10\001
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1637 4150 1712 4150
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 6987 4150 6912 4150
4 2 -1 0 -1 0 10.000  0.000 4 125.000 150.000 1562 4212  0\001
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1637 3750 1712 3750
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 6987 3750 6912 3750
4 2 -1 0 -1 0 10.000  0.000 4 125.000 225.000 1562 3812  10\001
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1637 3350 1712 3350
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 6987 3350 6912 3350
4 2 -1 0 -1 0 10.000  0.000 4 125.000 225.000 1562 3412  20\001
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1637 2950 1712 2950
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 6987 2950 6912 2950
4 2 -1 0 -1 0 10.000  0.000 4 125.000 225.000 1562 3012  30\001
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1637 2550 1712 2550
2 1 0 1 -1 -1 10

Re: wireless adapter recommendation

[Default User]

On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 10:55 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
> Default User wrote:
> > Would anyone please recommend a suitable wireless adapter for these
> > conditons: 
> [...]
> > 3) Should work "out of the box", with out having to try to learn how to
> > recompile the kernel or insert modules or ndiswrapper, etc. 
> 
> It's so simple these days [1]. Eg to install the Ralink 2500 driver:
> 
> 1. Build the driver (from the command line as user root):
> 
>   # aptitude install rt2500-source module-assistant
>   # m-a prepare
>   # m-a a-i rt2500-source
> 
> 2. install the driver:
>   # modprobe rt2500
> 
> 3. Then do the rest from Gnome. Set up your interface from Gnome with
> 
>   Desktop -> Administration -> Networking
>   Connections tab -> Wireless connection Properties
>   Interface name wlan0
>   Enable this connection (tick the box)
>   Network name (ESSID): (Enter the ESSID of your wireless Access 
> Point)
>   Key type: Plain (hexadecimal)
>   WEP key: Enter the WEP key configured in your AP setup
>   Connection settings: DHCP if this is configured on your AP. 
> Otherwise Static
> (and fill in details).
> 
> 4. Set up your nameservers
>   DNS tab -> Add
> 
> (You can use DNS servers at opendns.com eg 208.67.222.222, or the ones 
> provided
> by your ISP.)
> 
> 5. Activate the wireless interface:
>   Connections tab -> Wireless connection ... wlan0 -> Activate
> 
> [1]
> http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_wireless_network_card_using_drivers_from_Debian_packages
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> -- 
> Chris.
> 
> 


Thanks to all for your replies.  

I am trying to set up a Netgear MA111 (v1) usb wireless adapter on a
desktop system, later to set up on a laptop if it works on the desktop
system. 

lsusb says:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:4110 NetGear, Inc. MA111 WiFi (v1)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID :

http://linux-wless.passys.nl says that linux-wlan-ng should work with
this adapter.

I did:
- install module-assistant
- run module-assistant prepare
- run module-assistant auto-install linux-wlan-ng
- reboot

Here is the dmesg output: 
Linux version 2.6.18-4-486 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2)
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian
4.1.1-21)) #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820:  - 0009fc00 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000a (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 000e - 0010 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0010 - 0fff (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 0fff - 0fff8000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 0fff8000 - 1000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: fec0 - fec01000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: fee0 - fee01000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: fffc - 0001 (reserved)
255MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 65520
  DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0
  Normal zone: 61424 pages, LIFO batch:15
DMI not present or invalid.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 AMI   ) @ 0x000fb560
ACPI: RSDT (v001 AMIINT  0x MSFT 0x0097) @
0x0fff
ACPI: FADT (v001 AMIINT  0x MSFT 0x0097) @
0x0fff0030
ACPI: DSDT (v001VIAVT498 0x1000 MSFT 0x0107) @
0x
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x5008
Allocating PCI resources starting at 2000 (gap: 1000:eec0)
Detected 334.094 MHz processor.
Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 65520
Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda1 ro 
No local APIC present or hardware disabled
mapped APIC to d000 (01201000)
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 10, 4096 bytes)
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Memory: 252368k/262080k available (1502k kernel code, 9136k reserved,
601k data, 256k init, 0k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...
Ok.
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 669.00 BogoMIPS
(lpj=1338011)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux:  Disabled at boot.
Capability LSM initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 008021bf 808029bf  
  
CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 008021bf 808029bf  
  
CPU: L1 I Cache: 32K (32 bytes/line), D cache 32K (32 bytes/line)
CPU: After all inits, caps: 008021bf 808029bf  0002 
 
Compat vDSO mapped to e000.
CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
ACPI: Core revision 20060707
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0008 (from 0e08)
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 4266k freed
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
ACPI: bus type pc

Re: PPPoE protection

[H.S.]

ccostin wrote:

Hello

What are the best combination of values for  lcp-echo-interval,
lcp-echo-failure, lcp-restart, lcp-max-terminate or other parameters,
to protect a PPPoE link against ARP requests floods or UDP floods
(generated by M$ SQL worms) wich cause PPPoE interface (ppp0) or pppd
daemon to crash frequently ?

ppp0 interface  is connected to eth0, authentication is made using a
combination of username/password. eth0 is connected to directly to ISP
(which use a fiber optic network if it matter)




I am using the debian package to connect my router (running Debian 
Testing) to my DSL connection. The ppp daemon runs with its default 
parameters and I haven't seen any serious connection drops. From my 
experience, the daemon reconnects on an average (non-scientifically) 
every 2 to 3 weeks or so. Since the ARP and UDP floods that you mention 
are more or less constant, I would conclude they are not a problem to 
the daemon.


->HS


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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 27 May 2007 22:28, Wayne Topa wrote:
> Nigel Henry([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> > On Sunday 27 May 2007 19:21, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> > > On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200
> > >
> > > Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently
> > > > appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when
> > > > trying to mount a data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an
> > > > audio cd, and that played ok, but now I find that the cdplayer just
> > > > says "no disc". Neither can I boot live cd's now, even though the
> > > > cdrom is first to boot from.
>
> <>
>
> > > Just an idea: the lens may be dirty. I would check that before
> > > committing major changes. Use a lens-cleaner CD, then try again.
>
> <>
>
> > I'd thought of that, and spent an hour finding the lens cleaner, but that
> > has made no difference, still "no media found".
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion though.
>
> Just a thought.  I had the same message a few days ago when I was
> checking some CD/DVD's I got.  Turns out I had put a DVD in the CD
> drive and got the "No Media Found" message.  :-(
>
> Wayne

Unfortunately These are definately CDROMS. I think the drive has thrown in the 
towl. I have a DVD ROM drive, and tried replacing the crapped out one with 
that, but on booting up with Lennie, or FC2, I get a bunch of respawning 
problems, resulting in time delays before trying again. I've given up at the 
mo, and replaced the DVD drive with the none working drive, and wait upon 
delivery of the replacement CD-RW drive. At least the machine boots up ok, 
but the cd writer is living in the twilight zone, like totally out to lunch.

I mean we're not talking about big bucks here. It's just annoying when 
something stops working for no apparent reason.

Thanks for the suggestion Wayne.

Nigel.


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Re: Wrapping workspace-switcher

[Liam O'Toole]

On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:14:08 +0100
John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1
> when I do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I
> use Gnome and have not found a way to do this.

As others have pointed out, the GNOME window manager does not have that
feature. But you can choose to use a different window manager with
GNOME. If you like the XFCE way of doing things, then you can launch
its window manager (in a GNOME session) by issuing the command 'xfwm4
--replace'. To make the change permanent, save your GNOME session when
you log out.

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Re: XFS Filesystem problem

[George N. White III]

On Wed, 23 May 2007, Andreas Grabner wrote:


Am Dienstag, den 22.05.2007, 22:23 -0400 schrieb Greg Folkert:

On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 23:39 +, George N. White III wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2007, Greg Folkert wrote:

can anybody explain the following to me? It happens in full production
use. Should i change back to ext3


At one time, XFS on i386 hardware was known to be fragile, especially when
using IDE disks.  If you wanted to use XFS, you needed to build a kernel
with ample stack space due to nesting of calls with long argument lists
when handling errors under heavy I/O.

What hardware and kernel are you using for XFS and what sort of I/O loads
do you have?


2 Segate Disks ST3400620A (IDE) with Software RAID1 and LVM on it.
Standard Debian SMP Kernel
Linux storage01 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed Apr 18 09:55:10 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
2 * Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (dual core) on Intel Board

I/O loads produced by moving a lot of files via samba through a
100Mbit/s link


I'd want to do some serious testing before using XFS in your environment. 
Is there a reason you can't use ext3?  XFS is needed in situations where 
you are losing data and or money while systems are down (remote sensing 
and other time-critical high-volume data collection, numerical simulation, 
video production, etc.).  I'd venture that most heavily used XFS systems
are not using (register-starved) ix86, and are using SCSI, FC, or SAS 
storage.  You aren't getting the full benefits of all the testing that 
has been done.


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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Wayne Topa]

Nigel Henry([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> On Sunday 27 May 2007 19:21, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200
> >
> > Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently
> > > appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when
> > > trying to mount a data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an
> > > audio cd, and that played ok, but now I find that the cdplayer just
> > > says "no disc". Neither can I boot live cd's now, even though the
> > > cdrom is first to boot from.
<>

> > >
> > Just an idea: the lens may be dirty. I would check that before
> > committing major changes. Use a lens-cleaner CD, then try again.
> 
<>

> I'd thought of that, and spent an hour finding the lens cleaner, but that has 
> made no difference, still "no media found".
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion though.

Just a thought.  I had the same message a few days ago when I was
checking some CD/DVD's I got.  Turns out I had put a DVD in the CD
drive and got the "No Media Found" message.  :-(

Wayne

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Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #1649

[John Hasler]

David Baron writes:
> Next time I will try the fuser -k /dev/lp0 (probably run as root).

Try lprm.
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Re: Good video card?

[Jacob S]

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> On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote:
> [snip]
> > Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs
> > of RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
> > *almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
> > some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
> > basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
> > supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
> > close to $50.
> 
> Make that $29 at NewEgg.
> 
> (You don't mention whether this is AGP 2X, 4X or 8X.  This *is* AGP,
> right?)

Yes, this is AGP 4x/8x. And while it doesn't need much in the 3d
department, enough to run googleearth would be nice.
 
> I also vote nvidia.
> 
> All prices at NewEgg:
> 
> GeForce FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $48
> Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $51
> 
> For future use, though, I'd buy an OpenGL 2.0 card:
> PNY VCG62256APB GeForce 6200 256MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X  $60

Thanks for all the suggestions.

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Re: OT: Petition: StarCraft 2 for Linux

[Nelson Castillo]

On 5/23/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(cut)

Explain to me... what BIG games are there for Linux ... NOT Wine
enabled. How many sales will that take a away from Blizzard... the WoW
has shown people will use Windows to play it period. Why shoudl it
change and cater to 5% that will cause 80-90% of the problems (in their
eyes)


Does Second Life counts?

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Re: OT: Petition: StarCraft 2 for Linux

[Ron Johnson]

On 05/27/07 12:17, Wesley J. Landaker wrote:

On Tuesday 22 May 2007 14:35:30 Ron Johnson wrote:

On 05/22/07 15:27, Andrei Popescu wrote:

At least it's related to Linux :)

To make it short here is the link:
http://www.petitiononline.com/ibpfl/petition.html

If you liked StarCraft (and/or other Blizzard games) then please sign.

Who needs StarCraft when you've got NetHack


I would agree, if Nethack had Zerglings.


Does StarCraft have red ants and fire ants?

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Re: how can i make my package better ?

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:35:29PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote:
> i started to use mentors.debian.net so :
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/k/klthemes/
> 
> btw how can i use diff files for that (i prefer to upload 10k instead of 18
> Mb) ?

Don't make your package a native package.  If it is a native package,
the .tar.gz must be re-uploaded every single time you change the version
number.  If you make it a non-native package, it will only need
uploading on a new upstream version.

Regards,

-Roberto

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[Oscar Blanco]

Hi there!
I have just installed Debian Lenny in an Acer TravelMate 2301LM, using KDE
3.5.5. Everything looks fine, except for sound system, it does work but I
can't configure the volume, neither by software nor by pushing down
dedicated buttons (for this Laptop, Ctrl+"UP or DOWN arrow"). I have tried
to configure it running "alsaconf" as su but there's no difference.

It was working in Ubuntu 5.10 using Gnome, so what's the difference? What
should I do?

Kind regards.
Ciao.

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Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #1649

[David Baron]

On Sunday 27 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in a
> > print job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one will now
> > get raw data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the printer and removes
> > the job from the queue. Problem is that as soon as the printer is turned
> > on, the garbage continues. Short of rebooting, there seems no way to stop
> > the beast. Restarting cupsd does not help.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to get it cleaned out without a hard reboot?
>
> Method 1
> In your browser visit
> http://localhost:631/
> (localhost:631 works for me).
> Click on the "Jobs" tab,  identify the job on the list of print jobs
> (probably the last one) and click on the "Cancel" button.
>
> Method 2
> In Gnome, open the printer icon in the top panel.
>
> (Alternatively, from the desktop menu:
> Desktop -> Administration -> Printing -> Your-printer-icon (double-click).)
>
> Identify the job on the list of print jobs, right-click on the job for the
> context menu and click on "Cancel".

KDE has a printer jobs applet or one can go to the printer control applet and 
do all this. What is already on the pike just keeps on coming until reboot.

Next time I will try the fuser -k /dev/lp0 (probably run as root). The printer 
itself has a clear buffer function for stuff that it has already swallowed.

Re: Wrapping workspace-switcher

[John K Masters]

On 20:37 Sun 27 May , Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hi John.
> 
> John K Masters, 27.05.2007 20:14:
> > How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 when I
> > do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I use Gnome
> > and have not found a way to do this.
> 
> GNOME does not support something like this. You might want to try brightside.
> 

Thanks Mathias but to quote from the brightside/Debian blurb 'and is a
nice alternative to keyboard shortcuts for the more mouse-oriented
user.'

I am specifically looking for something NOT mouse-centric.

If my programming skills were better I might have a go at tweaking the
source but I'm not confident enough for that yet.

Regards, John
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Re: nvidia dies hard after upgrade Sarge-Etch

[Filipus Klutiero]

Le dimanche 27 mai 2007 06:34, Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel a écrit :
> Wackojacko wrote:
> > I would purge the non legacy nvidia packages (marked rc) and then try to
> > upgrade the nvidia-glx-legacy package as the version is slightly
> > different to the module package (-3 versus +6).
>
> Makes a lot of sense. I cleaned out everything, until 'dpkg -l' did show no
> more 'nvidia', rebooted, and followed the detailed description in
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
> Thanks to the maintainer ! A great description !
> Now I have the self-compiled nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.18-4-k7 on the same
> level as the nvidia-glx-legacy from m-a update - m-a prepare - m-a
> auto-install nvidia-kernel-legacy-source. (The different versions were a
> result from the difference in the repository, not on my side.) Then I did
> apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy.
> Alas, the same result of a fatal server crash. Last resort: I ran Xorg with
> the XF86Config with which Sarge had been working properly, and hit the same
> snag.
>
> Now I have only one thing left to do: consider this a bug; a show-stopper
> for me, since I use the box to get movies on the TV-output for viewing on
> the TV in the living room. I also removed the GLcore and speedo from the
> xorg.conf, so the problem remains, while nvidia and glx are loaded properly
> (see attachment), before everything dies. (No, there is no change of
> hardware compared to Sarge, on which everything was okay; only the update
> to Etch.)
>
> As an aside: I tried the nvidia-legacy-check.sh, and it says my card is
> supported by current. I have some doubts here, since NVIDIA says
> differently. The card is GeForce 4 MX420.
>
> Uwe
>
> Please Cc: to me; the list is too busy for my newsreader

Did you already use nvidia-installer on that machine? If not, please report on 
#423592.

Re: Wrapping workspace-switcher

[Mathias Brodala]

Hi John.

John K Masters, 27.05.2007 20:14:
> How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 when I
> do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I use Gnome
> and have not found a way to do this.

GNOME does not support something like this. You might want to try brightside.


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Re: Still: "AIGLX: Screen 0 not dri capable"

[Mumia W..]

On 05/27/2007 09:28 AM, Georg Heinrich wrote:

Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26
May 2007 23:15:29 -0500:


On 05/26/2007 04:07 PM, Georg Heinrich wrote:

Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26
May 2007 13:17:45 -0500:


Start reconfiguring xorg: "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"

Then select the VESA driver when it asks you.

I do not get this option.
Thanks anyway.

G. Heinrich

Install xserver-xorg-video-vesa and try this:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow


Thanks for the directions.
Now I get the following error:
VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x59580 out of range
Screen(s) found, but none have usable configuration

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Thanks,

G. Heinrich





I don't know what to say. Even after searching the Internet, I don't 
know how to solve the V_BIOS problem.


Go back to the old driver; you can do that by reconfiguring: 
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow"




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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 27 May 2007 19:21, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200
>
> Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently
> > appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when
> > trying to mount a data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an
> > audio cd, and that played ok, but now I find that the cdplayer just
> > says "no disc". Neither can I boot live cd's now, even though the
> > cdrom is first to boot from.
> >
> > The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is
> > correct, and dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info
> > lists a load of different stuff about the drive.
> >
> > I havn't changed the cable yet, just unplugged, and replugged it from
> > both ends. When I put a disc in the green light comes on for a bit,
> > and there is a touch of HD activity, and another couple of flickers
> > of the light.
> >
> > Is there some CLI tool in Debian Etch, or Lenny that I can use to
> > thoroughly check out the cdrom drive?
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions, including telling me that the darned
> > thing has died.
> >
> > Nigel.
>
> Just an idea: the lens may be dirty. I would check that before
> committing major changes. Use a lens-cleaner CD, then try again.
>
> --
> Szia:
>   Nyizsa.

I'd thought of that, and spent an hour finding the lens cleaner, but that has 
made no difference, still "no media found".

Thanks for the suggestion though.

Nigel.


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Wrapping workspace-switcher

[John K Masters]

How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 when I
do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I use Gnome
and have not found a way to do this.

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Re: obsolete packages

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Andrei Popescu wrote:

On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:54:15AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

Hi,

I'm running Sid.
What's the way to find out what packages are obsolete and what they 
should be replaced with?


Your question is pretty vague. What do you mean by obsolete?

AFAIK if you remove etch and lenny from sources.list all packages that 
are not available in sid anymore will be listed by aptitude as 'Obsolete 
or locally created packages'.


For packages that are obsolete/orphaned ... and going to be removed you 
can also watch debian-news. Sometimes you can even find recommendations 
for replacing it in the package description or bug reports.




Probably because the idea I have is vague ;-)
Here goes the idea:
I install Sid from scratch periodically (like yesterday...) using a 
script, after generating my own repository of packages.

That script has in it:
...
apt-get -qq install tetex-bin
...
but recently Sid moved to texlive that has no similar package. So 
eventually I need to change that script line to something else. I was 
looking for something that would say: 'tetex-bin now replaced by xyz'. 
Maybe that does not exist.


The reason for the script approach is that installed systems grow and 
after a while an installation has to much stuff (TM). I used the script 
(with constant tinkering and adjusting) on Feb. 2 on /sda5 and yesterday 
on /sda1. Result: df shows sda1 at 31% and sda5 at 52%! And they are 
essentially the same with the same Sid in the same setup.


Hugo


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Re: usb hard disk / ext3 partition - permissions change automatically(!) from read-write to read-only

[Don Hayward]

by Ilias Paraponiaris May 26, 2007; 07:14pm 



I would appreciate any help to the following issue:
My system is debian-testing (not stable=etch).
I use linux exclusivelly only for 3 months and I have no programming
background, so I am rather newbe than expert.
I have an external usb hard disk Seagate "FreeAgent" 250GB connected to
my 5 years old laptop (which supports usb1.0 not usb2.0). I have created
two partitions, the original ntfs (preformatted by the manufacturer) and
a 30GB ext3 partition that I created on my own.
=> Regarding the 200GB ntfs partition i) when it is automounted (without
any entry in fstab) I have read-only permissions, but ii) when it is
mounted with an entry in fstab ("/dev/sda1 /media/usbntfs ntfs-3g
defaults,force,locale=en_US.utf8 0 2") I have read-write permissions and
it works perfectly (I use the "force" option because ntfs-3g is not
supported sufficiently by the installed kernel 2.6.18-4-686 and asks for
kernel 2.6.20 or newer. Do you think that it is "safe" and "recommended"
to compile my own vanilla kernel? What how-to, guides, etc do you
propose?). A minor issue is that in the second case I see the ntfs
partition in /media/usbntfs mounted, but in desktop/"computer" I see the
"FreeAgent" unmounted, I see the ext3 partition mounted, but I do not
see at all the ntfs partition (why? how can I fix it?).
=> Regarding the 30GB ext3 partition both i) when it is automounted
(without any entry in fstab) and ii) when it is mounted with an entry in
fstab ("/dev/sda2 /media/usbext3 ext3 defaults,users,auto,rw 0 2") I
constantly face the same issue: IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PARTITION HAS BEEN
MOUNTED I HAVE READ-WRITE PERMISSIONS BUT WHEN THE EXTERNAL HARD DISK
REMAINS IDLE FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN MY PERMISSIONS CHANGE AUTOMATICALLY
TO READ-ONLY!!! If I unmount/mount the partition, again iniatially I
have read-write permissions and after a wile they change to read-only.
It is interesting that the issue has to do only with the ext3 partition,
not with the ntfs one although they are both in the same hard disk!
In case this is a bug or in case I have to address this issue to another
list, please advise.


I have the same drive which I completely reformated to ext3, and I am
having the same problem.

Here are some relevant log entries reported by logcheck:

Security Events for kernel
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
May 27 08:07:40 corvus kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 208748607
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 208748607
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 208748607
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 208748607

System Events
=-=-=-=-=-=-=
May 27 08:07:40 corvus kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: 
sense key: Not Ready
May 27 08:07:40 corvus kernel: Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, 
initializing command required
May 27 08:07:40 corvus kernel: ext3_abort called.
May 27 08:07:40 corvus kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): 
ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
May 27 08:07:40 corvus kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: 
sense key: Not Ready
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, 
initializing command required
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: 
sense key: Not Ready
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, 
initializing command required
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: 
sense key: Not Ready
May 27 08:09:06 corvus kernel: Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, 
initializing command required
-
Security Events for kernel
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 12375
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 8279
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 12423

Security Events
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
May 27 11:31:26 corvus kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in 
ext3_reserve_inode_write: IO failure
May 27 11:31:26 corvus kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_dirty_inode: 
IO failure
May 27 11:45:47 corvus kernel: EXT3-fs warning (device sda1): 
ext3_clear_journal_err: Filesystem error recorded from previous mount: IO 
failure

System Events
=-=-=-=-=-=-=
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: 
sense key: Not Ready
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, 
initializing command required
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: 
sense key: Not Ready
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, 
initializing command required
May 27 11:31:20 corvus kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_get_inode_loc: 
unable to read inode block - inode=2, bl

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 27 May 2007 18:43, Joe Hart wrote:
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> Nigel Henry wrote:
> > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently
> > appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when trying
> > to mount a data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an audio cd, and
> > that played ok, but now I find that the cdplayer just says "no disc".
> > Neither can I boot live cd's now, even though the cdrom is first to boot
> > from.
> >
> > The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct,
> > and dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of
> > different stuff about the drive.
> >
> > I havn't changed the cable yet, just unplugged, and replugged it from
> > both ends. When I put a disc in the green light comes on for a bit, and
> > there is a touch of HD activity, and another couple of flickers of the
> > light.
> >
> > Is there some CLI tool in Debian Etch, or Lenny that I can use to
> > thoroughly check out the cdrom drive?
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions, including telling me that the darned thing
> > has died.
>
> I don't know if this will help you or not, but keep in mind that the
> Linux kernel treats all devices like files, so you can just open a
> terminal and cd to the CD (pun).  Usually it will be /media/cdrom which
> is a symlink to /media/cdrom0.  In older systems it was always
> /mnt/cdrom, but whatever it is, it doesn't really matter.  Can you ls
> the files on the data cd by doing:
>
> ls /media/cdrom

That won't work, as I can't mount the drive.
>
> ?
>
> It seems to me that if the drive can play audio CD's then it *should* be
> able to read data CD's too.

As I said. When I first found that it wouldn't mount data cdroms, I then tried 
a music cd, and that worked ok, but today I had another go at this problem, 
and now, neither can I mount data cdroms, or play music cd's.

Sadly I think that the drive has gone down the tubes.
>
> Joe

Thanks for the reply Joe.

Nigel.


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Re: Re: importing an address book to Icedove

[Peter Easthope]

Roland & others

Roland wrote,
r> in the following I assume that Icedove is Thunderbird ...

Icedove is the newer name.  See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceweasel
and specifically the Debian paragraph
near the end of the article.

r> no, default order of fields seams to be:

   * ,, , , 

r> After these many more fields can come. You can fill the fields in one 
existing address book and export them in text or csv format to study 
them (if you need or want).


OK, I did not use the default and set the 4
fields existing in my text file and cleared
all other fields.  So that should not be a
problem.

Unless there are other ideas, I'll monkey
with some delimiter characters before
admitting defeat. 


Now I wonder whether this is another bug.

Thanks, ... Peter E.


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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 27 May 2007 18:54, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 04:39:54PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct,
> > and dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of
> > different stuff about the drive.
>
> Is there anything interesting in dmesg after you try to mount a disk?
> (the disks you are trying are known to be good?)
>
> Regards,
> Andrei

I think the drive is knackered. I open a terminal, and do, tail 
-f /var/log/messages, and after putting in a disc, run in another terminal.
$ mount /cdrom, which is the path. ?var/log/messages gives me a one liner.
cdrom: open failed

and on the other terminal using the mount command, I get. "mount: No medium 
found", which is the same as when I try to mount the drive using Kdiskfree.

I have a new drive ordered, and will try and find a new ribbon cable to try in 
the meantime, but I don't think that's the problem, as normally the covers 
only off the machine when I clean out the dust.

I only asked the question, as I thought there might be a diagnostic tool that 
could interrogate the cdrom drive to see if all was ok.

# cdrecord --devices seems to show the drive as available.

I know these drives are cheap, but it just seems strange that it should take a 
dive when it's not being used, or perhaps when I tried to use it, it took the 
dive!!!

The disks are ok. I tried various data disks, and music cd's that I know are 
ok.

Anyway. A new drive should arrive tomorrow or tuesday, and hopefully a few 
euros will have fixed the problem.

Thanks for the reply. It's appreciated.

Nigel.


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Re: Good video card?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Ron Johnson wrote:

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On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote:
[snip]

Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of
RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
*almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
close to $50.


Make that $29 at NewEgg.

(You don't mention whether this is AGP 2X, 4X or 8X.  This *is* AGP,
right?)

I also vote nvidia.

All prices at NewEgg:

GeForce FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $48
Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $51

For future use, though, I'd buy an OpenGL 2.0 card:
PNY VCG62256APB GeForce 6200 256MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X  $60



I run a Sid two-seater and with that sort of setup I also vote for 
nvidia. And the nvidia drivers (post 87xx) are superb, closed source all 
that is true.


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Re: Tomcat installation blues

[Nyizsnyik Ferenc]

On Sun, 27 May 2007 11:53:31 +0200
"Joachim Smit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK
> 
> I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks!
> 
> But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My
> browser shows me the plain java-code.
> 
> What is the next step?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joachim
> 
> 

You have to make a web.xml file in $APP_DIR/WEB-INF. If you don't plan
to use servlets (only jsp and static html), it may be as simple as:





Just for info, I also have installed both Apache and Tomcat, but I did
the trick without mod_jk. I simply put a .htaccess file in my jsp
directory which redirects all requests to Tomcat. If your installation
is non-productive (e.g. for learning purposes), I recommend this simple
and easy solution.

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Re: how can i make my package better ?

[Jabka Atu]

i started to use mentors.debian.net so :
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/k/klthemes/

btw how can i use diff files for that (i prefer to upload 10k instead of 18
Mb) ?

Re: obsolete packages

[Nyizsnyik Ferenc]

On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:02:25 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote:

> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:54:15AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm running Sid.
> > What's the way to find out what packages are obsolete and what they 
> > should be replaced with?
> 
> Your question is pretty vague. What do you mean by obsolete?
> 
> AFAIK if you remove etch and lenny from sources.list all packages
> that are not available in sid anymore will be listed by aptitude as
> 'Obsolete or locally created packages'.
> 
> For packages that are obsolete/orphaned ... and going to be removed
> you can also watch debian-news. Sometimes you can even find
> recommendations for replacing it in the package description or bug
> reports.
> 
> Regards,
> Andrei

Also check deborphan if you meant packages (libraries) you don't need
anymore.

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Re: List of packages and version

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 09:31:12PM +0800, Augustin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to be a new debian user.
> I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere where 
> I 
> could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian release 
> (stable, test, unstable).
> 
> If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what 
> version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not,
> where do I go?
> 
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian

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Re: Get Rid of Messed Print Jobs

[Nyizsnyik Ferenc]

On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:12:52 +0100
Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> David Baron wrote:
> > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in
> > a print job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one
> > will now get raw data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the
> > printer and removes the job from the queue. Problem is that as soon
> > as the printer is turned on, the garbage continues. Short of
> > rebooting, there seems no way to stop the beast. Restarting cupsd
> > does not help.
> > 
> > Any ideas on how to get it cleaned out without a hard reboot?
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Method 1
> In your browser visit
>   http://localhost:631/
>   (localhost:631 works for me).
> Click on the "Jobs" tab,  identify the job on the list of print jobs
> (probably the last one) and click on the "Cancel" button.
> 
> Method 2
> In Gnome, open the printer icon in the top panel.
> 
> (Alternatively, from the desktop menu:
> Desktop -> Administration -> Printing -> Your-printer-icon
> (double-click).)
> 
> Identify the job on the list of print jobs, right-click on the job
> for the context menu and click on "Cancel".
> 
> Hth,
> 

Yes, if the job was sent via CUPS. If it was sent using lpr, then lpq
and lprm are the right tools.

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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Nyizsnyik Ferenc]

On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200
Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently
> appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when
> trying to mount a data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an
> audio cd, and that played ok, but now I find that the cdplayer just
> says "no disc". Neither can I boot live cd's now, even though the
> cdrom is first to boot from.
> 
> The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is
> correct, and dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info
> lists a load of different stuff about the drive.
> 
> I havn't changed the cable yet, just unplugged, and replugged it from
> both ends. When I put a disc in the green light comes on for a bit,
> and there is a touch of HD activity, and another couple of flickers
> of the light.
> 
> Is there some CLI tool in Debian Etch, or Lenny that I can use to
> thoroughly check out the cdrom drive?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions, including telling me that the darned
> thing has died.
> 
> Nigel.
> 
> 

Just an idea: the lens may be dirty. I would check that before
committing major changes. Use a lens-cleaner CD, then try again.

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Re: OT: Petition: StarCraft 2 for Linux

[Wesley J. Landaker]

On Tuesday 22 May 2007 14:35:30 Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/22/07 15:27, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > At least it's related to Linux :)
> >
> > To make it short here is the link:
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/ibpfl/petition.html
> >
> > If you liked StarCraft (and/or other Blizzard games) then please sign.
>
> Who needs StarCraft when you've got NetHack

I would agree, if Nethack had Zerglings.

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Re: Get Rid of Messed Print Jobs

[Chris Lale]

David Baron wrote:
> This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in a print 
> job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one will now get raw 
> data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the printer and removes the job from 
> the queue. Problem is that as soon as the printer is turned on, the garbage 
> continues. Short of rebooting, there seems no way to stop the beast. 
> Restarting cupsd does not help.
> 
> Any ideas on how to get it cleaned out without a hard reboot?
> 
> 


Method 1
In your browser visit
http://localhost:631/
(localhost:631 works for me).
Click on the "Jobs" tab,  identify the job on the list of print jobs (probably
the last one) and click on the "Cancel" button.

Method 2
In Gnome, open the printer icon in the top panel.

(Alternatively, from the desktop menu:
Desktop -> Administration -> Printing -> Your-printer-icon (double-click).)

Identify the job on the list of print jobs, right-click on the job for the
context menu and click on "Cancel".

Hth,

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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 04:39:54PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
 
> The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct, and 
> dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of 
> different stuff about the drive.

Is there anything interesting in dmesg after you try to mount a disk?  
(the disks you are trying are known to be good?)

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Re: deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 07:10:32PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
 
> I don't think it's replacable, how do I disable clicking with the trackpoint?

xorg.conf?

> I read somewhere recently that I may be using the wrong driver and I need to
> change ImPS/2 -> PS/2 but it's my dad's laptop so I wasn't around it to try it
> yet.
 
Anything interesting in the logs?

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Re: Update

[bacasoft]

On May 25, 9:30 am, Altair IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Update:  Removing the icedove package with the --purge option and 
> reinstalling it (2.0.0.0-3) appears to fix everything.  It looks like there's 
> no need to downgrade.
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I had this same problem. However, I found a workaround. Using synaptic
package manager (it may work with other managers) select the option to
reinstall icedove. Once completed, all mailboxes and settings will
reappear. This worked on both of my machines.


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Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Joe Hart]

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Nigel Henry wrote:
> I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently appeared 
> to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when trying to mount a 
> data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an audio cd, and that played ok, 
> but now I find that the cdplayer just says "no disc". Neither can I boot live 
> cd's now, even though the cdrom is first to boot from.
> 
> The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct, and 
> dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of 
> different stuff about the drive.
> 
> I havn't changed the cable yet, just unplugged, and replugged it from both 
> ends. When I put a disc in the green light comes on for a bit, and there is a 
> touch of HD activity, and another couple of flickers of the light.
> 
> Is there some CLI tool in Debian Etch, or Lenny that I can use to thoroughly 
> check out the cdrom drive?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions, including telling me that the darned thing has 
> died.
> 

I don't know if this will help you or not, but keep in mind that the
Linux kernel treats all devices like files, so you can just open a
terminal and cd to the CD (pun).  Usually it will be /media/cdrom which
is a symlink to /media/cdrom0.  In older systems it was always
/mnt/cdrom, but whatever it is, it doesn't really matter.  Can you ls
the files on the data cd by doing:

ls /media/cdrom

?

It seems to me that if the drive can play audio CD's then it *should* be
able to read data CD's too.

Joe
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Re: Mike Capture not working in Debian Testing/Creative Live Soundblaster

[Chris Lale]

David Dawson wrote:
[...]
> I just finished playing around with Alsamixer again and lo-and-behold the
> capture is working. Just had to activate the AC97 capture maybe. I dunno.
> I'm shaking my head {:)
> Thanks for your interest, Chris.

My pleasure, Dave. It seems that "IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA" controls SPDIF
digital sockets [1]. It is enabled and set to 100 on my system through
amixer/alsamixer but not through the Gnome GUI tool. It seems unlikely that this
should affect the analogue capture mic socket though. It's a strange world.

[1] http://alsa.opensrc.org/Realtek_ALC950

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Re: deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31

[Micha Feigin]

On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:51:53 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote:

> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:29:46AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > I am installing linux on a thinkpad t31. Most things work, but I think that
> > the mouse is setup wrong since after playing with the mouse (it's the red
> > point in the middle of the keyboard, not sure what it's called) for a few
> > seconds to
> 
> Trackpoint
> 
> > minutes (not consistent) it suddenly goes crazy opening windows, 
> > pressing
> > buttons and flying all over the place. To release it I need to let go of the
> > mouse for a couple of seconds and then it goes back to normal until the next
> > time.
> 
> It does happen that the trackpoint moves on its own, especially on older 

It's not a problem of the trackpoint moving on it's own, it seems to start
misinterpreting the input if it comes to fast for too long or some other
unexpected message from the driver.

> hardware. You can minimise the effect by lowering the sensibility. As 
> for opening windows, do you also use it for "clicking"? I don't think 

Not that I'm aware of. It looks like in it's insanity it flies around the
screen and clicks on things, as if in the middle of the movement the driver
starts misinterpreting the input and starts sending junk to X. If I let go of
the pointer for about two seconds the problem goes away until the next time
(which can be 10 seconds or a few minutes)

> there is a real cure for that, but you might minimize it if you click 
> only using the real buttons. Is the trackpoint replaceable?
> 

I don't think it's replacable, how do I disable clicking with the trackpoint?

> Regards,
> Andrei

I read somewhere recently that I may be using the wrong driver and I need to
change ImPS/2 -> PS/2 but it's my dad's laptop so I wasn't around it to try it
yet.


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Re: obsolete packages

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:54:15AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Sid.
> What's the way to find out what packages are obsolete and what they 
> should be replaced with?

Your question is pretty vague. What do you mean by obsolete?

AFAIK if you remove etch and lenny from sources.list all packages that 
are not available in sid anymore will be listed by aptitude as 'Obsolete 
or locally created packages'.

For packages that are obsolete/orphaned ... and going to be removed you 
can also watch debian-news. Sometimes you can even find recommendations 
for replacing it in the package description or bug reports.

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Re: deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:29:46AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> I am installing linux on a thinkpad t31. Most things work, but I think that 
> the
> mouse is setup wrong since after playing with the mouse (it's the red point in
> the middle of the keyboard, not sure what it's called) for a few seconds to

Trackpoint

> minutes (not consistent) it suddenly goes crazy opening windows, 
> pressing
> buttons and flying all over the place. To release it I need to let go of the
> mouse for a couple of seconds and then it goes back to normal until the next
> time.

It does happen that the trackpoint moves on its own, especially on older 
hardware. You can minimise the effect by lowering the sensibility. As 
for opening windows, do you also use it for "clicking"? I don't think 
there is a real cure for that, but you might minimize it if you click 
only using the real buttons. Is the trackpoint replaceable?

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Re: List of packages and version

[Kamaraju S Kusumanchi]

Augustin wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to be a new debian user.

Cool! Welcome to Debian.

> I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere
> where I could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian
> release (stable, test, unstable).
> 
> If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what
> version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not,
> where do I go?
> 

packages.debian.org is one resource. However, you can also use

$apt-cache search texmacs
texmacs - WYSIWYG mathematical text editor using TeX fonts
texmacs-common - WYSIWYG mathematical text editor using TeX fonts
texmacs-extra-fonts - extra fonts for the mathematical text editor TeXmacs

$rmadison texmacs
   texmacs | 1:1.0.4-R3-5 | oldstable | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386,
ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
   texmacs | 1:1.0.6-10 | etch-m68k | source, m68k
   texmacs | 1:1.0.6-10 |stable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa,
i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
   texmacs | 1:1.0.6-11 |   testing | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa,
i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
   texmacs | 1:1.0.6-11 |  unstable | arm, hurd-i386, ia64, m68k
   texmacs | 1:1.0.6.9-3 |  unstable | sparc
   texmacs | 1:1.0.6.9-4 |  unstable | hppa
   texmacs | 1:1.0.6.10-1 |  unstable | source, alpha, amd64, i386,
mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390


More info can be found at their respective man pages.

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Re: bash script error

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 23.05.07 10:27, Alex Samad wrote:
> is it because you shell is running bash and in the script it says sh
> otry changing /bin/sh to /bin/bash

better simply change [[ ]] to [ ], since [[ ]] are bash builtins. See man
test for more informations on what arguments you can use with [ ], but you
surely can use "if [ $high52 = $high ]". Your script will be more compatible
with other systems

> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 01:55:40PM -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > But when it is put in a script file, than command line as
> > #!/bin/sh
...
> > if [[ $high52 = $high ]]
...
> > I get error as
> > /home/lvgandhi/bin/gethilo: 12: [[: not found
> > Any suggestions please?
...

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Re: importing an address book to Icedove

[Roland Müller]

Hello,

in the following I assume that Icedove is Thunderbird ...


> Hello Debian Users,
> 
> I have an address book from an old Windows 
> system to import into Icedove.
> 
> Currently there is a text file on the target 
> system containing lines in this syntax.
> 
> ,,,
> 
no, default order of fields seams to be:

- ,, , , 

After these many more fields can come. You can fill 
the fields in one existing address book and export them in text or csv 
format to study them (if you need or want).

BR,
Roland



> 
> Example.
> 
> John,Doe,John Doe,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Larry,Doe,Larry Doe,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...
>
> The names are imported but the addresses 
> are not.  Should the addresses be enclosed 
> in quotes or pointed brackets or something?
> 
> Thanks,Peter E.
> 
> 
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Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 12:10:28PM -0500, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote:
 
> >The quoting
> >style of this (your) message was, well, different to say the least.
> 
>Ah, it was hand-cobbled.  I composed it in a well-known Word 
> Processor (We won't say which one!) and then pasted it into 
> Thunderbird.  I know how to eliminate the HTML and rtf stuff that some 
> newbies inadvertently put into a message (simple choices under the 
> Thunderbird Tools menu).  I put the initials of the responder in the 
> lines to allow readers to know who was 'speaking.'  And I tried to 
> eliminate redundant wording to cut down on the storage required for the 
> thread.  Oh well, here's your chance to recommend your favorite client 
> along with fluxbox!

Thunderbird by itself should be ok at quoting (if you change it to use 
text), and if you're going to stay on this list longer you might want to 
install the Reply-to-list extension. The strange thing is why threading 
is broke? I thought TB generates the correct headers? Did you change any 
settings?

As for other mail clients (beside mutt) I really like claws-mail (I 
think the etch version is still called sylpheed-claws-gtk2). It is 
lightweight and the out-of-the box defaults work great for 
mailing-lists.

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importing an address book to Icedove

[peasthope]

Hello Debian Users,

I have an address book from an old Windows 
system to import into Icedove.

Currently there is a text file on the target 
system containing lines in this syntax.

,,,

Example.

John,Doe,John Doe,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Larry,Doe,Larry Doe,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   ...
   
The names are imported but the addresses 
are not.  Should the addresses be enclosed 
in quotes or pointed brackets or something?

Thanks,Peter E.


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CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

[Nigel Henry]

I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently appeared 
to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when trying to mount a 
data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an audio cd, and that played ok, 
but now I find that the cdplayer just says "no disc". Neither can I boot live 
cd's now, even though the cdrom is first to boot from.

The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct, and 
dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of 
different stuff about the drive.

I havn't changed the cable yet, just unplugged, and replugged it from both 
ends. When I put a disc in the green light comes on for a bit, and there is a 
touch of HD activity, and another couple of flickers of the light.

Is there some CLI tool in Debian Etch, or Lenny that I can use to thoroughly 
check out the cdrom drive?

Thanks for any suggestions, including telling me that the darned thing has 
died.

Nigel.


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Re(2): Still: "AIGLX: Screen 0 not dri capable"

[Georg Heinrich]

Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26
May 2007 23:15:29 -0500:

>On 05/26/2007 04:07 PM, Georg Heinrich wrote:
>> Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26
>> May 2007 13:17:45 -0500:
>> 
>>> Start reconfiguring xorg: "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
>>>
>>> Then select the VESA driver when it asks you.
>> 
>> I do not get this option.
>> Thanks anyway.
>> 
>> G. Heinrich
>
>Install xserver-xorg-video-vesa and try this:
>
>dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow

Thanks for the directions.
Now I get the following error:
VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x59580 out of range
Screen(s) found, but none have usable configuration

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Thanks,

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Re(2): Still: "AIGLX: Screen 0 not dri capable"

[Georg Heinrich]

Florian Reitmeir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sun, 27 May 2007
01:23:57 +0200:

>please post the output from:
>
>uname -a

Linux gh-mob-lx 2.6.18-4-powerpc #1 Mon Mar 26 09:11:14 CEST 2007 ppc
GNU/Linux

>lspci

Is attached (lspci.out)

>and your Xorg.0.log

Is attached, too.
Thanks.

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Re: List of packages and version

[Kevin Mark]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:30:01AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 05/27/07 08:31, Augustin wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would like to be a new debian user.
> > I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere 
> > where I 
> > could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian release 
> > (stable, test, unstable).
> > 
> > If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what 
> > version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not,
> > where do I go?
> 
> The main Debian web page has a Packages link on the left hand side.
> 
> 3 clicks from the main page is a complete list of all {Stable,Test,
> Unstable} packages.
> 
There is a uri for this also. e.g. to find out what version exits for
the 'bash' package:
http://packages.debian.org/bash
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Re: regexp for "anything except the combination .} "

[Michael Marsh]

On 5/27/07, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I am trying to write a regular expression which searches for the
following string:

\footnote{x.}

where  is any character, including newline.  I wish to capture the
entire string in a match variable.  Thus far, I have
written:

/(\\footnote(.*([^\.][^}]))/s


Do you want to match to the end of file, or are you assuming there's
always a ".}" at the end?  If the latter, then I'd think one of the
following would work (depending on how much you want to capture:

/\\footnote(.*)\.}/s # grab the text in the footnote, without the trailing "."
/(\\footnote.*\.})/s # grab the whole latex command
/(\\footnote.*)\.}/s # grab the start of the command and everything in
the arg except the trailing "."

In any case, you'll run into problems with text like this:

\footnote{We can match a bunch of footnotes, but \emph{this is too
difficult for a one-line regexp.}  C'est la vie.}

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Re: Tomcat installation blues

[Marko Randjelovic]

Joachim Smit wrote:
> OK
> 
> I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks!
> 
> But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My
> browser shows me the plain java-code.
> 
> What is the next step?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joachim
> 
> 

You said in your first post you could not install jre. Tomcat cannot
work without jre.

sun-java5 packages are in non-free repository, which is not included by
default in /etc/apt/sources.list. Did you enabled it? If not, edit this
file and add non-free at the end of web repository line. For example

deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ etch contrib main non-free


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Re: List of packages and version

[Ron Johnson]

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On 05/27/07 08:31, Augustin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to be a new debian user.
> I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere where 
> I 
> could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian release 
> (stable, test, unstable).
> 
> If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what 
> version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not,
> where do I go?

The main Debian web page has a Packages link on the left hand side.

3 clicks from the main page is a complete list of all {Stable,Test,
Unstable} packages.

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List of packages and version

[Augustin]

Hello,

I would like to be a new debian user.
I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere where I 
could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian release 
(stable, test, unstable).

If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what 
version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not,
where do I go?

thanks,

Augustin.






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Re: Tomcat installation blues

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:53:31AM +0200, Joachim Smit wrote:
> OK
> 
> I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks!
> 
> But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My
> browser shows me the plain java-code.
> 
> What is the next step?
> 

Have you read the documentation in /usr/share/doc/libapache2-mod-jk ?
What about on the apache tomcat website?

Regards,

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Why konqueror cannot connect to web ?

[Bruno Costacurta]

Hello,

my network setups are fine as other browsers work fine (iceweasel..etc..) but 
all connection by konqueror to the web are refused.
How to setup it ?
(...)
An error occurred while loading http://www.linux.org:
Could not connect to host http://www.linux.org/.
(...)

Thanks.
Bye,
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PPPoE protection

[ccostin]

Hello

What are the best combination of values for  lcp-echo-interval,
lcp-echo-failure, lcp-restart, lcp-max-terminate or other parameters,
to protect a PPPoE link against ARP requests floods or UDP floods
(generated by M$ SQL worms) wich cause PPPoE interface (ppp0) or pppd
daemon to crash frequently ?

ppp0 interface  is connected to eth0, authentication is made using a
combination of username/password. eth0 is connected to directly to ISP
(which use a fiber optic network if it matter)


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Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:12:33AM +0200, csanyipal wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 06:07:32PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> 
> > > > Log in to postgres and execute this:
> > > > 
> > > > SELECT * FROM pg_user;
> > > > 
> > > > Paste the results.
> > > 
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su
> > > Password: 
> > > csanyi-pal:/home/csanyipal# su - postgres
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ SELECT * FROM pg_user;
> > > -su: SELECT: command not found
> > > 
> > After 'su - postgres', do this:
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ psql -d template1
> > 
> > After that you get a psql prompt.  That is where you execute the SELECT
> > statement.
> 
> template1=# SELECT * FROM pg_user;
>usename| usesysid | usecreatedb | usesuper | usecatupd |  passwd  | 
> valuntil | useconfig 
> --+--+-+--+---+--+--+---
>  postgres |1 | t   | t| t |  |
>   | 
>  phpgroupware |2 | f   | f| f |  |
>   | 
>  csanyipal|  100 | f   | f| f |  |
>   | 
> (3 sor)
> 
> (3 sor) that is (3 raw)
> 

So, there is no www-data user.  Either tutos2 needs to create it or you
need to create it.  Remember, postgres doesn't know anything about your
operating system users by default.

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Re: wireless adapter recommendation

[Hugh Lawson]

Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Default User wrote:
> > Would anyone please recommend a suitable wireless adapter for these
> > conditons: 
> [...]
> > 3) Should work "out of the box", with out having to try to learn how to
> > recompile the kernel or insert modules or ndiswrapper, etc. 
> 
> It's so simple these days [1]. Eg to install the Ralink 2500 driver:
> 
> 1. Build the driver (from the command line as user root):
> 
>   # aptitude install rt2500-source module-assistant
>   # m-a prepare
>   # m-a a-i rt2500-source
> 
> 2. install the driver:
>   # modprobe rt2500

I had the same experience with a TD-Link WN510G.  I'd never used
module-assistant before, but it worked as smoothly as can be.  The
card uses the madwifi module for which there is an iformative web
page.

http://madwifi.org/


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Re: how can i make my package better ?

[Jabka Atu]

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Sorry for the long replay.

i have uploaded it to scex.sf.net
 under klthemes.

direct download :
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=181653&package_id=232735&release_id=511540
Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> Jabka Atu escribió: [...]
>>> Where's the package? :)
>> oops ... strange i though i added a link :
>>
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=181653&package_id=232735&release_id=510932
>
>
> Well, I don't need the .deb, I need is the diff.gz and the
> orig.tar.gz, that way I can build it my self and check it :).
>
> Regards, Jose Luis.

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Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

[Tyler Smith]

On 2007-05-27, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
> The code runs in Emacs.  If I comment out the line
> "(transient-mark-mode -1)", it also runs in XEmacs.  But in both
> cases, it aborts with an "unbalanced parenthesis" error after finding
> about ten footnotes (about 25 percent of the file, which is 105 kbytes
> in length).  
>

I don't actually use footnotes, so I just randomly inserted some in my
thesis to test this. However, I think it should either work or not
work, rather than work for a while then quit. You will get an
unbalanced parenthesis error if you have a missing or extra
parenthesis in one of your footnotes - I'd check with the last one
that it catches, or the one immediately following it. The forward-list
function depends on properly closed parentheses for the group it's
matching, and all the groups it contains. Of course, this is my first
suggestion, since the only other explanation is that my code is not
perfect ;)

Another thing that will break my code as written is if you have a
space (or any character) between \footnote and {. 

HTH,

Tyler


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Re: Good video card?

[Ron Johnson]

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On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote:
[snip]
> Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of
> RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
> *almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
> some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
> basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
> supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
> close to $50.

Make that $29 at NewEgg.

(You don't mention whether this is AGP 2X, 4X or 8X.  This *is* AGP,
right?)

I also vote nvidia.

All prices at NewEgg:

GeForce FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $48
Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $51

For future use, though, I'd buy an OpenGL 2.0 card:
PNY VCG62256APB GeForce 6200 256MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X  $60

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Re: nvidia dies hard after upgrade Sarge-Etch

[Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel]

Wackojacko wrote:
> 
> I would purge the non legacy nvidia packages (marked rc) and then try to 
> upgrade the nvidia-glx-legacy package as the version is slightly 
> different to the module package (-3 versus +6).

Makes a lot of sense. I cleaned out everything, until 'dpkg -l' did show no 
more 'nvidia', rebooted, and followed the detailed description in 
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
Thanks to the maintainer ! A great description !
Now I have the self-compiled nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.18-4-k7 on the same level 
as the nvidia-glx-legacy
from m-a update - m-a prepare - m-a auto-install nvidia-kernel-legacy-source.
(The different versions were a result from the difference in the repository, 
not on my side.)
Then I did apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy.
Alas, the same result of a fatal server crash. Last resort: I ran Xorg with the 
XF86Config with which Sarge had been working properly, and hit the same snag.

Now I have only one thing left to do: consider this a bug; a show-stopper for 
me, since I use the box to get movies on the TV-output for viewing on the TV in 
the living room.
I also removed the GLcore and speedo from the xorg.conf, so the problem 
remains, while nvidia and glx are loaded properly (see attachment), before 
everything dies.
(No, there is no change of hardware compared to Sarge, on which everything was 
okay; only the update to Etch.)

As an aside: I tried the nvidia-legacy-check.sh, and it says my card is 
supported by current. I have some doubts here, since NVIDIA says differently. 
The card is GeForce 4 MX420.

Uwe

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regexp for "anything except the combination .} "

[Russell L. Harris]

I am trying to write a regular expression which searches for the
following string:

\footnote{x.}

where  is any character, including newline.  I wish to capture the
entire string in a match variable.  Thus far, I have
written:

/(\\footnote(.*([^\.][^}]))/s

in which I intended the expression:

([^\.][^}])

to signify "anything other than the combination .} ".  But it appears
that the expression  .*  with the modifier "s" does not stop until it
reaches the end of the input file.  

RLH


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Re: wireless adapter recommendation

[Chris Lale]

Default User wrote:
> Would anyone please recommend a suitable wireless adapter for these
> conditons: 
[...]
> 3) Should work "out of the box", with out having to try to learn how to
> recompile the kernel or insert modules or ndiswrapper, etc. 

It's so simple these days [1]. Eg to install the Ralink 2500 driver:

1. Build the driver (from the command line as user root):

# aptitude install rt2500-source module-assistant
# m-a prepare
# m-a a-i rt2500-source

2. install the driver:
# modprobe rt2500

3. Then do the rest from Gnome. Set up your interface from Gnome with

Desktop -> Administration -> Networking
Connections tab -> Wireless connection Properties
Interface name wlan0
Enable this connection (tick the box)
Network name (ESSID): (Enter the ESSID of your wireless Access 
Point)
Key type: Plain (hexadecimal)
WEP key: Enter the WEP key configured in your AP setup
Connection settings: DHCP if this is configured on your AP. 
Otherwise Static
(and fill in details).

4. Set up your nameservers
DNS tab -> Add

(You can use DNS servers at opendns.com eg 208.67.222.222, or the ones provided
by your ISP.)

5. Activate the wireless interface:
Connections tab -> Wireless connection ... wlan0 -> Activate

[1]
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_wireless_network_card_using_drivers_from_Debian_packages

Hope that helps,

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Re: Tomcat installation blues

[Joachim Smit]

OK

I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks!

But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My
browser shows me the plain java-code.

What is the next step?

Regards,

Joachim


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Display of Notification Area icon in Gnome

[andy]

Dear all

I am using Gnome 2.14.3 (Build date 15/02/07) on Debian Lenny/Sid (i.e. 
"Testing"). I have a question regarding the malformation of the 
Notification Area vertical bar icon (on my screen, to the left of icons 
in the "system tray" area.


Has anyone else experienced this, and any ideas about what might cause 
it/could remedy it?


Cheers

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Re: Remove gnome-games

[Andrei Popescu]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 06:40:56PM +, Manon Metten wrote:
 
> I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I can always reinstall
> gnome-desktop-environment (I guess).

aptitude might want to remove all (most?) gnome packages. Before you 
apply the changes (g) just go through the list and mark manually 
installed (m) those packages you want to keep.

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